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Guantanamo force-feeding kit, showing nasal tubes, gravity feeding bags, and liquid nutrient.
Detainees held in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps have initiated both individual and widespread hunger strikes, and camp medical authorities have initiated force-feeding programs.[1][2][3][4][5][6] In 2005, Captain John Edmonson, who was then Naval Base's chief medical officer, asserted that force feeding was a last resort, used only when counseling failed, and when the detainee's body mass index fell below the healthy range.
According to Edmonson detainees normally cooperated, and restraints were unnecessary.[2] According to Edmonson detanees were normally only given 1500 Calories per day.
See also[]
- Torture
- Fawzi al-Odah
- Sami al-Hajj
References[]
- ↑ Guantanamo Standard Operating Procedures [1] 2003
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 GTMO feedings humane, within medical care standards [2] Kathleen Rehm 2005-12-01
- ↑ JTF-GTMO (2007-03-16). "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba". Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/measurements/. Retrieved 2008-12-22. mirror
- ↑ Heights, weights, and in-processing dates [3] Sonia Saini, Almerindo Ojeda
- ↑ "Mefasurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (ordered and consolidated version)". Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, from DoD data. Archived from the original on 2009-12-21. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhumanrights.ucdavis.edu%2Fresources%2Flibrary%2Fdocuments-and-reports%2Fgtmo_heightsweights.pdf&date=2009-12-21.
- ↑ Starvation statistics [4] Andy Worthington 2009
External links[]
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- "Voluntary and Voluntary Total Fasting and Re-Feeding [sic"]. Joint Task Force Guantanamo. 2003-10-03. pp. 1–12. Archived from the original on 2009-11-28. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhumanrights.ucdavis.edu%2Fprojects%2Fthe-guantanamo-testimonials-project%2Ftestimonies%2Ftestimonies-of-standard-operating-procedures%2Fhunger_strike_sop.pdf&date=2009-11-28.</ref>
- Detainee Healthcare [5] 2007-08-14</ref>
- Guantanamo Detainees Being Held Legally, Official Says [6] Steven Donald Smith 2006-02-24</ref>
- A Growing Threat at Guantanamo? Detainees Fatten Up [7] Mike Melia 2006-10-03
- Limiting Food Aided ‘Enhanced Interrogations’: Justice Department Memo Describes Liquid Diets for Detainees [8] Spencer Ackerman 2009-05-01
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